by Laura Gorrity | General, Tips for Reading
The many daily duties a parent fulfills each day can be easily taken for granted – juice in, juice out; cut the crusts; make the lunches for school; where’s the other snow boot; did teeth get brushed; Even bedtime stories at the end of one of those long, seemingly...
by Laura Gorrity | General, Tips for Reading
Well, I guess it’s official, Washington D.C. has received the honorable title by USA Today as the most literate city in our nation. One might ask, “How would they determine this lofty accolade (I know the question popped into my mind)?” After looking at measures for...
by Laura Gorrity | General, Tips for Reading
Are you looking for ways to encourage your young child to read? Would you like to instill in your toddler a love of books? With your help, toddlers and preschoolers can get a head start on the road to reading, even if they cannot yet read themselves. Here are a few...
by Laura Gorrity | General, Tips for Reading
Have you thought about making any New Year’s Resolutions for 2011? Here is a factoid to consider. English-speaking mothers who begin reading to their children at a very early age have toddlers with greater language comprehension, larger, more expressive...
by Laura Gorrity | General, Tips for Reading
Greetings to everyone from a white Christmas in Chicagoland! I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season! Today the topic is teaching moments for everyone. Teaching moments aren’t just for teachers. They are for everyone who spends time with a child, be it...
by Laura Gorrity | General, Tips for Reading
For a moment, imagine what it would be like to literally, only see the words on a page and no picture in your mind to go with it. This is the reality for many of our early readers. We have to help jump-start that movie for them going on in their head. Visualizing can...
by Laura Gorrity | General, Tips for Reading
For a wonderful, kid friendly, reading website check out Starfall.com. This website has it all, for kids who are getting ready to read, learning their letter sounds, up to kids who are already reading chapter books, and everything in between. It provides games, music...
by Laura Gorrity | General, Tips for Reading
One of the easiest ways to make more of your reading time is to use the reading strategy of Making Connections. This is a strategy used in many classrooms across the country and it is very simple to do. Basically there are three types of connections a child could make...
by Laura Gorrity | General, Tips for Reading
Environmental Print is one of the first types of reading your toddler/pre-schooler can do. Encourage them to identify the signs of common stores you frequent. Some more commonly identified signs may be Target, McDonalds, Home Depot, or even the Be There Bedtime...
by Laura Gorrity | General, Tips for Reading
Be There Bedtime stories is full of great stories that have the power to inspire young readers AND writers. After reading a really entertaining story (or being read one), many kids feel they may want to take a turn at writing a story themselves. One way to make...
by Laura Gorrity | General, Tips for Reading
Greetings fellow storybook lovers! After both receiving and sending a number of Be There Bedtime Stories with the webcam, I have learned a lot of things myself about the process. I would like to share a couple big ones. It all started with a couple stories from...
